- Date
- June 26, 1992, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9447ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920626022729A
- Case key
- 27663
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Probable cause
The student pilot's misjudging the landing flare, the cfi's delayed remedial action and his failure to adequately supervise the conduct of the flight.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The instructor pilot and his 12 hour dual primary student were practicing takeoffs and landings. The instructor said the student made a stabilized approach but flared 'moderately late with slight over correction.' The aircraft landed hard on the nose wheel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9447E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272267
- Airframe hours
- 3,335
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Simulation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Clark J. Reiter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 22, 1992 · 88 hours before
- Departed
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Destination
- SQL
- Airport
- HWD · Hayward Municipal, runway 28, 5,024 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 480 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HWD, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9447E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.